Lord Cutler Beckett is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. First introduced in Dead Man's Chest as a secondary antagonist and returning in At World's End as one of two main antagonists (the other being Davy Jones), he is portrayed by Tom Hollander. Beckett is a character written as a ruthless, manipulative, and treacherous man harbouring genocidal hatred towards pirates. In the films, he is chairman of the East India Trading Co. (a fictitious company based heavily on the Honourable East India Company) and representative of the King of England (the King's identity is unknown). Haughty, cultured, and sophisticated, it is Beckett's very arrogance which leads him to his death in At World's End. In the third movie, he manipulates Davy Jones into being an agent for him.
